Rogers v. Trent

WALSH, Justice:

This appeal from a decision of the Family Court presents the question of whether the Family Court has the authority to grant visitation rights to a non-parent. The petitioner-appellant, Phillip Rogers (“Rogers”), filed a petition in the Family Court seeking custody of his minor son. The court granted his petition, but also granted visitation rights to the respondents-appellees, Ruth and William Trent (the “Trents”), the child’s great-aunt and uncle. Rogers contends the Family Court erred as a matter of law in granting visitation rights to the Trents as non-parents. We find this…